Platform Engineer Salary in 2025

💰 The median Platform Engineer Salary in 2025 is USD 144,955

✏️ This salary info is based on 54 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average Platform Engineer salary lies between USD 116,375 and USD 180,000 globally. It represents the overall compensation/gross salary amount for the working year (before deductions like social security, taxes and other contributions), not including equity/stock options or similar benefits.

Job title
Platform Engineer
Experience
all levels
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2025
Sample size
54
Top 10%
$ 196,000
Top 25%
$ 180,000
Median
$ 144,955
Bottom 25%
$ 116,375
Bottom 10%
$ 110,000

All data shown are full-time equivalent (FTE) salaries. Part-time salary information has been extrapolated to its FTE value.

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Salary trend

Top 20 Job Tags for Platform Engineer roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with Platform Engineer job listings are Cloud, AWS and Kubernetes. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job tags in 2025 and the number of open jobs that where associated with them during that period:

Cloud | 84 jobs AWS | 71 jobs Kubernetes | 62 jobs Python | 54 jobs CI/CD | 51 jobs Computer Science | 50 jobs Azure | 47 jobs Automation | 45 jobs Scripting | 45 jobs Terraform | 43 jobs Monitoring | 41 jobs Linux | 39 jobs Agile | 35 jobs Clearance | 34 jobs GCP | 32 jobs Ansible | 32 jobs DevOps | 31 jobs Compliance | 29 jobs DevSecOps | 29 jobs CISSP | 28 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Platform Engineer roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with Platform Engineer job listings are Career development, Health care and Flex hours. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job perks or benefits in 2025 and the number of open jobs that where offering them during that period:

Career development | 55 jobs Health care | 39 jobs Flex hours | 31 jobs Competitive pay | 31 jobs Equity / stock options | 23 jobs Salary bonus | 23 jobs Flex vacation | 21 jobs Startup environment | 19 jobs 401(k) matching | 14 jobs Relocation support | 14 jobs Team events | 13 jobs Insurance | 12 jobs Parental leave | 10 jobs Wellness | 9 jobs Medical leave | 9 jobs Transparency | 8 jobs Travel | 7 jobs Conferences | 5 jobs Pet friendly | 5 jobs Home office stipend | 5 jobs

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